Future Functions! Ford Wants To Use Drones To Help If Your Car Fails

After giving us a look at the all-new 2019 Ford Mustang, Ford is back today with some more news. This time around the word on the e-streets is that Ford Wants To Use Drones To Help If Your Car Fails. CNET recently reported that Ford has filed for a new patent that aims to help the next generation of motor vehicles. Under Ford’s plans, drones will be used as “surrogate sensors” for your ride.

This will allow drivers additional safety options in the event of a sensor failure. “The patent filing shows a drone landing on a car with malfunctioning sensors and then using its own to guide it to a repair facility,” reads a quote from CNET. Darrell Etherington stated: “According to Ford’s patent filing, your vehicle would register a fault in one of its sensors and using a vehicle-to-vehicle network, it communicates with one of these drones, which then finds its way to your vehicle. Once there, it lands on and acts as a replacement sensor while it directs your vehicle to a nearby repair center where the issue could be fixed permanently.” This is certainly an interesting new wrinkle in technology, though things are still in the “patent application” stages.

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